EXTRA · classical (not a TT unit)

Chayei Sarah 24:53 · EXTRA

Parashas Chayei Sarah · Passuk 24:53

The Complete Passuk

וַיּוֹצֵ֨א הָעֶ֜בֶד כְּלֵי־כֶ֨סֶף וּכְלֵ֤י זָהָב֙ וּבְגָדִ֔ים וַיִּתֵּ֖ן לְרִבְקָ֑ה וּמִ֨גְדָּנֹ֔ת נָתַ֥ן לְאָחִ֖יהָ וּלְאִמָּֽהּ׃

The servant brought out objects of silver and gold, and garments, and gave them to Rivkah; and he gave precious things to her brother and to her mother.

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Source Citation

Rashi on Bereishis 24:53 (classical source on this passuk; not listed as a numbered Torah Temimah unit here).

Lemma / focus: ומגדנות.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
ומגדנות. לְשׁוֹן מְגָדִים, שֶׁהֵבִיא עִמּוֹ מִינֵי פֵּרוֹת שֶׁל אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל:

English: It has the sense of “precious fruits”; he had brought with him various kinds of fruit from the Land of Israel.

On the daf / in context: The gifts to the brother and mother include produce of the Land; the midrash reads “migdanot” as choice fruits of Eretz Yisrael.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Rashi) — not a formal named middah of the 13: the rare noun is fixed by parallel usage as precious produce.

What Is Learned

Eliezer gave Rivkah silver, gold, and garments, and to her brother and mother he gave choice fruits of the Land of Israel.